NEW DELHI: As many as 13 political parties questioned the reliability of the EVMs, but when the Election Commission threw open a challenge to prove that the machines can be tampered with, only two parties accepted the dare but they too opted out of the event held today.
In a post-event press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi maintained that the EVMs used by the EC are “non-tamperable” and with 100 per cent use of paper trail machines in all future elections the issue of tamperability of the machines “stands closed”.
With these remarks Zaidi made it clear that there would be no such challenge in future to test the reliability of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used by the poll-conducting body.
Zaidi said although the NCP and the CPI(M) reported at the challenge venue they backed out.
The CPI-M said it would not like to participate in the challenge, while the NCP too decided to opt out after raising some questions regarding EC’s “failure” to provide it with some details it had sought.
The NCP, however, has been extended another chance to return at a later date to hack the machines as an “academic exercise”, the CEC said. (AGENCIES)
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